§ 11-2-9. Receipt, opening, and recording of timely-submitted bids.

A.

Receipt —Upon its receipt each bid and modification shall be time-stamped but not opened and shall be stored in a secure place until the time and date set for bid opening.

B.

Opening and recording —Bids and modifications shall be opened publicly, in the presence of one (1) or more witnesses, at the time, date, and place designated in the invitation for bids. The name of each bidder, the bid price, and such other information as is deemed appropriate by the director of procurement shall be read aloud or otherwise made available. Such information also shall be recorded in a bid abstract.

C.

Public inspection of bids —The opened bids shall be available for public inspection except to the extent that the bidder designates information to be proprietary data or the bid contains protected procurement information. When such information is proprietary data or protected procurement information, either it shall be redacted or separated from the bid in order to facilitate public inspection of the non-confidential portion of the bid. Price, identification of the items offered, and the proposed contract terms, if any, shall be publicly available at the time of bid opening regardless of any designation to the contrary. The regulatory coverage of the disclosure and protection from disclosure of protected procurement information and proprietary data is contained in Chapter Four of this regulation in the subsection designated as "procurement integrity."